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Eclectic designer, Julien Bergignat constantly feeds himself with everyday things, he seeks to cause the "extra-ordinary", the wonder induced by a mixture of daily and magic among the users. He provides precision and care to the conceptualization and technical development of the project so that these crucial steps… Read More

Eclectic designer, Julien Bergignat constantly feeds himself with everyday things, he seeks to cause the "extra-ordinary", the wonder induced by a mixture of daily and magic among the users. He provides precision and care to the conceptualization and technical development of the project so that these crucial steps give way to the experience and sensations.

Born in Clermont-Ferrand in 1985, he grew up in the heart of France. Wishing to transform his passion for drawing and his curiosity about the industrialisation of objects in a career, he quickly decided to dive into the world of creation. After a Bachelor degree in Applied Arts with honors, a Technician certificate (BTS) in product design, he obtained in 2010, a Master degree in Industrial Design with summa cum laude at L’ École de design Nantes Atlantique.

For him design is an everyday quest, that's why his professional experiences allows him to explore different design fields such as industrial products, limited edition, high hand as much as mass market objects, scenography and packaging design. Read Less

Philosophy

Objects that are working well, this is the minimum that a designer can do. But to sublimate this ambient functionalism it is important to know how to listen carefully and capture the essence of our time. We must be attentive to the wants and expectations. Be there to answer a physical, a practical and an emotional… Read More

Objects that are working well, this is the minimum that a designer can do. But to sublimate this ambient functionalism it is important to know how to listen carefully and capture the essence of our time. We must be attentive to the wants and expectations. Be there to answer a physical, a practical and an emotional need.

What do we want the object to tell people? What emotion is he vector? The object does not replace the user, but accompanies the expression of his expectations, and use gives way to feelings. It can create worlds that echo, without becoming caricatures, while telling a story. The design is a quest for meaning, exploring in depth our collective unconscious and by composing parts, assembling them in order to build a project.

Based on an approach that is constantly dissecting and diverting our habits to create new rituals, his projects are experiences to live, each of them revealing the soul of the object. He does not like the idea that something is ignored because it is too functional, purely aesthetic or only technological. By not always making them equal, designer should point to one of these notions unexpectedly.

With experience and empathy, he starts each new project with the aim of meeting the expectations of the company he is working for, to help them meet the challenges of the XXI century.

Sometimes obvious, sometimes complex, his formal universe tends toward more pragmatism and adapts to the reality by preferring the practice of a simple design without being simplistic. He makes great the symbol: he calls people to use his object, to make it live and "grow old".